From the recording Better Late Than Never
I love a story song, this is a story song about telling stories, Oh and growing older.
Lyrics
When I was a little boy,
Sitting on grandfather's knee
He would laugh and tell tall tales
About his time, upon the sea
Climbing to the tallest mast,
Furling sails in stormy seas
Sitting safe in some strange port
A pretty girl upon his knee
Stories we tell our children
Imaginations running free
Grandad please tell me a story
All right but quickly, it's time for tea
A Sea monster attacked our ship
Eating nearly half the crew
We threw gunpowder in its mouth
Fired a shot and up it blew
Grandad is it really true
The sea monster you said you slew
It ate you up, but with a knife
You cut a hole and out you flew
Stories we tell our children
Imaginations running free
Grandad please tell me another
All right but quickly, it's time for tea
Grandad left us, no more stories
I grew up and left home
Found a girlfriend, we got married
Now we've children of our own
Now I'm grey and in my chair
Grandchildren upon my knee
I sit and laugh and tell tall tails
Just like my grandad before me